U.S. patent application number 09/795071 was filed with the patent office on 2002-10-31 for method of efficiently increasing readability of framemaker graphical user interface.
Invention is credited to Mezei, Bruce W..
Application Number | 20020158901 09/795071 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25164581 |
Filed Date | 2002-10-31 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020158901 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Mezei, Bruce W. |
October 31, 2002 |
Method of efficiently increasing readability of framemaker
graphical user interface
Abstract
The present invention is a method of enhancing the readability
of FrameMaker.RTM. for a visually-impaired user by determining
whether or not a file named ".maker.large" exists in the user's
$HOME directory. If ".maker.large" exists in the user's $HOME
directory then setting an environmental variable $EZRIDER to a
pathname $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps.large of a directory containing
enlarged EASYRIDER API client files. If ".maker.large" is not in
the user's $HOME directory then setting the environmental variable
$EZRIDER to the pathname $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps of a directory
containing unenlarged EASYRIDER client files. If the second step
was performed then setting X Window Large Display Resources to
RESOURCE_MANAGER property of a root window of screen 0 and
determining whether or not an X resource
"maker.api.preferences.autoApply" is set to true in
$HOME/.Xdefaults. If "maker.api.preferences.autoApply" is set to
true then turning on a notification for FrameMakert.RTM. to contact
the user's Personal Preferences client; initializing the EASYRIDER
API client files; and initializing FrameMaker.RTM. product
dialogs.
Inventors: |
Mezei, Bruce W.; (Columbia,
MD) |
Correspondence
Address: |
OFFICE OF THE ASSOC. GEN. COUNSEL (IP & T)
9800 SAVAGE ROAD SUITE 6542
FORT MEADE
MD
20755-6542
US
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Family ID: |
25164581 |
Appl. No.: |
09/795071 |
Filed: |
February 26, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
715/744 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G09B 21/001
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
345/744 ;
345/700 |
International
Class: |
G06F 003/00 |
Claims
1. A method of enhancing the readability of FrameMaker.RTM. for a
visually-impaired user, is comprised of the steps of: a)
determining whether or not a file named ".maker.large" exists in
the user's $HOME directory; b) if ".maker.large" exists in the
user's $HOME directory then setting an environmental variable
$EZRIDER to a pathname $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps.large of a directory
containing enlarged EASYRIDER API client files; c) if
".maker.large" is not in the user's $HOME directory then setting
the environmental variable $EZRIDER to the pathname
$FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps of a directory containing unenlarged EASYRIDER
client files; d) if step (b) was performed then setting X Window
Large Display Resources to RESOURCE_MANAGER property of a root
window of screen 0; e) determining whether or not an X resource
"Maker.api.preferences.autoApply" is set to true in
$HOME/.Xdefaults; f) if "Maker.api.preferences.autoApply" is set to
true then turning on a notification for FrameMaker.RTM. to contact
the user's Personal Preferences client; g) initializing each
EASYRIDER API client; and h) initializing FrameMaker.RTM. product
dialogs.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of setting X Window
Large Display Resources to RESOURCE_MANAGER property of a root
window of screen 0 is comprised of the steps of: a) setting the
resources for the main product window to a button font to 25 point
Helvetica bold, a width of 412 pixels, and a height of 84 pixels;
b) setting the font resources for the document window status bar
and menu bar to a font of 17 point Helvetica bold; c) setting the
font resources for the document window pop-up menus to a font of 24
point Helvetica bold; d) setting the color resources for the
document window so that the foreground and the background are
complementary colors; e) setting the color resources of the
document window scroll bars so that the background and the trough
are complementary colors; f) setting the resource to make it easier
to read colored text that is highlighted by setting slow
highlighting to true; g) setting the font resource for the dialog
boxes for scroll list items to 17 point Helvetica bold and all
other items to 17 point Helvetica bold; h) setting the resources to
make it easier to distinguish the "ON" setting from the "OFF"
setting by selecting the color red for the "ON" setting; i) setting
the color resources to make it easier to distinguish the "OFF"
setting from the "AS IS" setting by making the top shadow and the
bottom shadow complementary colors; j) setting the color resources
in the main product window, the menus, the dialogs, and the
document window scroll bars so that the foreground and the
background are complementary colors; k) setting the resources for
the Character Catalog and the Paragraph Catalog to a font of 20
point Helvetica bold, a width of 272 pixels, and a height of 336
pixels; l) setting the resources for the Book window to a font of
24 point Helvetica bold, a width of 600 pixels, and a height of 450
pixels; m) setting resources for the cursors to a textline of
"textline_large", an arrow of "left_ptr_large", a reshape of
"crosshair_large", a dialog of "left_ptr_large", an ibeam of
"xterm_large", an ibeaml of "IbeamLeft_large", an ibeamr of
"IbeamRight_large", an ibeam90 of "Ibeam90_large", a move of
"move_large", a rotate of "rotobject_large", a doreshape of
"draft_large", a crosshair of "crosshair_large", and a cellresize
of "right_large"; n) setting the resources for using alternate
dialogs to a directory suffix of "_ck" and a name prefix of
"fmck_"; o) setting size resources for the Large Tools window by
setting the minimum and maximum height to 441 pixels and the
minimum and maximum width to 430 pixels; p) setting the size
resource for the Small Tool palette to a minimum height of 72
pixels; q) setting general resources for all file browsers in the
dialog windows to a height and width of 200 pixels, a margin height
and width of 0 pixels, and the top attachment, bottom attachment,
left attachment, and right attachment to "XmATTACH_FORM"; r)
setting the textbox resources for all file browsers in the dialog
windows to an x and y of 0 pixels and a width of 294 pixels; s)
setting the scrolllist resources for all of the file browsers in
the dialog windows to an x of 2 pixels, a y of 30 pixels, a visible
item count of 8, a width of 172 pixels, a bottom offset of 42
pixels, a top offset of 32 pixels, and a top attachment and a
bottom attachment of "XmATTACH_FORM"; t) setting the resources for
the current directory for all of the file browsers in the dialog
windows to an x of 0 pixels, a y of 158 pixels, a recompute size of
false, a height of 20 pixels, a width of 192 pixels, a bottom
offset of 20 pixels, and a left attachment, a right attachment, and
a bottom attachment of "XmATTACH_FORM"; and u) setting the
resources of the file count for all of the file browsers in the
dialog windows to an x of 0 pixels, a y of 174 pixels, a recompute
size of false, a height of 19 pixels, a width of 192 pixels, and a
bottom attachment of "XmATTACH_FORM."
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of initializing each
EASYRIDER API client file is comprised of the steps of: a)
determining if the user uses resource files; b) if the user uses
resource files then setting the environmental variable $FAPIDIR to
$EZRIDER, where $EZRIDER is the current client's directory of
normal sized or enlarged files, running the client executables, and
opening the dialog resource files and button palettes residing in
$FAPIDIR; and c) if the user is not using resource files then
setting the environmental variable $FAPIDIR to $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps,
and running the client executables.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of initializing
FrameMaker.RTM. product dialogs is comprised of the steps of: a)
determining whether or not a large display option was chosen; b) if
the large display option was chosen then opening x resource dialog
files in $FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/xresources_ck using X Window
Large Display Resources; c) if the large display option was not
chosen then opening x resource dialog files residing in
$FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/xresources using default X Window
Resources.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: a)
determining if a callback notification was received upon opening a
document; b) determining if a callback notification was received
upon occurrence of one event selected from the group of events
consisting of a menu command and a keyboard shortcut command; c)
determining if a callback notification was received upon a
hypertext message from a Toolbar; d) if it is determined that a
callback notification was received then determining if a suffix of
a file is ".hlp"; e) if the suffix of the file is ".hlp" then
exiting.; f) if the suffix of the file is not ".hlp" then
determining if the file is a view only palette; g) if the file is
view only palette then exiting; h) if the file is not view only
palette then opening a file ".preferences" in the user's $HOME
directory; i) reading zoom-percentage value from ".preferences"; j)
converting the zoom-percentage value to a real number; k)
converting the real number to a metric number; l) dividing the
metric number by 100; m) setting a zoom property to the result of
the last step; n) reading a width value of the document being
worked on by the user from ".preferences"; o) converting the width
value to an integer value; p) setting a width property to the
result of the last step; q) reading a height value of the document
being worked on by the user from ".preferences"; r) converting the
height value to an integer value; s) setting a height property to
the result of the last step; and t) closing the ".preferences" file
in the user's $HOME directory.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein said step of initializing each
EASYRIDER API client file is comprised of the steps of: a)
determining whether or not the user uses resource files; b) if the
user uses resource files then setting the environmental variable
$FAPIDIR to $EZRIDER, where $EZRIDER is the current client's
directory of normal sized or enlarged files, running the client
executables, and opening the dialog resource files and button
palettes residing in $FAPIDIR; and c) if the user is not using
resource files then setting the environmental variable $FAPIDIR to
$FMHOME/fdkNSAapps, and running the client executables.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said step of initializing
FrameMaker.RTM. product dialogs is comprised of the steps of: a)
determining whether or not a large display option was chosen; b) if
the large display option was chosen then opening x resource dialog
files in $FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/xresources_ck using X Window
Large Display Resources; c) if the large display option was not
chosen then opening x resource dialog files residing in
$FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/xresources using default X Window
Resources.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the steps of: a)
determining if a callback notification was received upon opening a
document; b) determining if a callback notification was received
upon occurrence of one event selected from the group of events
consisting of a menu command and a keyboard shortcut command; c)
determining if a callback notification was received upon a
hypertext message from a Toolbar; d) if it is determined that a
callback notification was received then determining if a suffix of
a file is ".hlp"; e) if the suffix of the file is ".hlp" then
exiting.; f) if the suffix of the file is not ".hlp" then
determining if the file is a view only palette; g) if the file is
view only palette then exiting; h) if the file is not view only
palette then opening a file ".preferences" in the user's $HOME
directory; i) reading a zoom-percentage value from ".preferences";
j) converting the zoom-percentage value to a real number; k)
converting the real number to a metric number; l) dividing the
metric number by 100; m) setting a zoom property to the result of
the last step; n) reading a width value of the document being
worked on by the user from ".preferences"; o) converting the width
value to an integer value; p) setting a width property to the
result of the last step; q) reading a height value of the document
being worked on by the user from ".preferences"; r) converting the
height value to an integer value; s) setting a height property to
the result of the last step; and t) closing the ".preferences" file
in the user's $HOME directory.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to computer graphics
processing, operator interface processing, and selective visual
display systems and, more particularly, to image size control
(i.e., enlargement).
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] FrameMaker.RTM. from Adobe Systems, Inc. is a powerful
desktop publishing software package. However, visually-impaired
users have difficulty performing simple tasks in the UNIX version
of FrameMaker.RTM. because the menus, window borders, dialog
windows, toolbars, cursors, documents, on-line help manuals, and
product documentation are displayed in sizes, colors, and formats
that result in small displays, poor discriminability, low contrast,
and few displayed commands which are difficult to read.
FrameMaker.RTM. provides some capability for enhancing readability
(e.g., manual magnification), but this capability is limited and
often requires many manual steps where the commands are scattered
over a large area, resulting in a reduction in efficiency of a
visually-impaired user.
[0003] Visually-impaired users have requested improved readability
in FrameMaker.RTM. to see text and execute commands in a manner
that is no more burdensome then on a visually unimpaired user.
Presently, large computer monitors are commercially available for
providing magnification which will enhance readability, but such
monitors are expensive. The present invention provides enhanced
readability and efficiency of use in FrameMaker.RTM. on a standard
computer monitor that is inexpensive as compared to a large
computer monitor.
[0004] U.S. Pat. No. 5,267,331, entitled "DIGITALLY ENHANCED IMAGER
FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED," discloses a device for and method of
creating high resolution, high contrast images of textual documents
to enhance readability for the visually impaired. However, U.S.
Pat. No. 5,267,331 does not disclose a method of enhancing
readability of the FrameMaker.RTM. desktop publishing software
package. U.S. Pat. No. 5,267,331 is hereby incorporated by
reference into the specification of the present invention.
[0005] U.S. Pat. No. 5,731,805, entitled "METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR
EYETRACK-DRIVEN TEXT ENLARGEMENT," discloses a device for and
method of expanding information of interest to a use on a computer
monitor. U.S. Pat. No. 5,731,805 requires a device for tracking the
gaze of the user to determine the information of interest whereas
the present invention does not. U.S. Pat. No. 5,731,805 is hereby
incorporated by reference into the specification of the present
invention.
[0006] U.S. Pat. No. 5,874,965, entitled "METHOD FOR MAGNIFYING A
PLURALITY OF DISPLAY IMAGES TO REVEAL MORE DETAILED INFORMATION,"
discloses a method of displaying multiple images, where the data in
the images are hierarchical in nature. The present invention does
not require the images made more readable be hierarchical in
nature. In addition, U.S. Pat. No. 5,874,965 does not disclose a
method of making FrameMaker.RTM. more readable in an efficient
manner as does the present invention. U.S. Pat. No. 5,874,965 is
hereby incorporated by reference into the specification of the
present invention.
[0007] U.S. Pat. No. 5,956,035, entitled "MENU SELECTION WITH MENU
STEM AND SUBMENU SIZE ENLARGEMENT," discloses a method of
increasing the size of a menu item, or sub-menu item, at which the
user points. However, U.S. Pat. No. 5,956,035 does not disclose a
method of enhancing the readability of FrameMaker.RTM. in an
efficient manner as does the present invention. U.S. Pat. No.
5,956,035 is hereby incorporated by reference into the
specification of the present invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0008] An object of the present invention is enhancing the
readability of FrameMaker.RTM. for a visually-impaired user.
[0009] Another object of the present invention is enhancing the
readability of FrameMaker.RTM. for a visually-impaired user in a
manner that is as efficient to a visually-impaired user as an
unenhanced version of FrameMaker.RTM. is to a user whose vision is
not impaired.
[0010] The present invention is a method of enhancing the
readability of FrameMakert.RTM. by converting a relatively small
display into one containing relatively large menus, large window
borders, large cursors, and large dialog boxes.
[0011] The first step of the method is determining whether or not
the file ".maker.large" exists in the user's $HOME directory.
[0012] If the file ".maker.large" is in $HOME then the second step
is setting an environmental variable $EZRIDER to the pathname of
the directory containing the enlarged EASYRIDER client files (i.e.,
$FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps.large).
[0013] If the file ".maker.large" is not in $HOME then the third
step is setting the environmental variable $EZRIDER to the pathname
of the directory containing the normal, not enlarged, EASYRIDER
client files (i.e., $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps).
[0014] If the second step was performed then the fourth step is
setting the X Window Large Display Resources into RESOURCE_MANAGER
property of the root window of screen 0.
[0015] After either the third step or the fourth step, the fifth
step is determining whether or not the X resource
"Maker.api.preference.autoApply- " is set to true in
$HOME/.Xdefaults.
[0016] If the X resource "Maker.api.preferences.autoApply" is set
to true then the sixth step is turning on the notification for
FrameMaker.RTM. to contact Personal Preferences after the user
opens any file.
[0017] The seventh step is initializing each EASYRIDER API
client.
[0018] The eighth step is initializing FrameMaker.RTM. product
dialogs.
[0019] The fourth step above is realized by setting the resources
for the main product window to a button font to 25 point Helvetica
bold, a width of 412 pixels, and a height of 84 pixels; setting the
font resources for the document window status bar and menu bar to a
font of 17 point Helvetica bold; setting the font resources for the
document window pop-up menus to a font of 24 point Helvetica bold;
setting the color resources for the document window so that the
foreground and the background are complementary colors; setting the
color resources of the document window scroll bars so that the
background and the trough are complementary colors; setting the
resource to make it easier to read colored text that is highlighted
by setting slow highlighting to true; setting the font resource for
the dialog boxes for scroll list items to 17 point Helvetica bold
and all other items to 17 point Helvetica bold; setting the
resources to make it easier to distinguish the "ON" setting from
the "OFF" setting by selecting the color red for the "ON" setting;
setting the color resources to make it easier to distinguish the
"OFF" setting from the "AS IS" setting by making the top shadow and
the bottom shadow complementary colors; setting the color resources
in the main product window, the menus, the dialogs, and the
document window scroll bars so that the foreground and the
background are complementary colors; setting the resources for the
Character Catalog and the Paragraph Catalog to a font of 20 point
Helvetica bold, a width of 272 pixels, and a height of 336 pixels;
setting the resources for the Book window to a font of 24 point
Helvetica bold, a width of 600 pixels, and a height of 450 pixels;
setting resources for the cursors to a textline of
"textline_large", an arrow of "left_ptr_large", a reshape of
"crosshair_large", a dialog of "left_ptr_large", an ibeam of
"xterm_large", an ibeaml of "IbeamLeft_large", an ibeamr of
"IbeamRight_large", an ibeam90 of "Ibeam90_large", a move of "move
large", a rotate of "rotobject_large", a doreshape of
"draft_large", a crosshair of "crosshair_large", and a cellresize
of "right_large"; setting the resources for using alternate dialogs
to a directory suffix of "_ck" and a name prefix of "fmck_";
setting size resources for the Large Tools window by setting the
minimum and maximum height to 441 pixels and the minimum and
maximum width to 430 pixels; setting the size resource for the
Small Tool palette to a minimum height of 72 pixels; setting
general resources for all file browsers in the dialog windows to a
height and width of 200 pixels, a margin height and width of 0
pixels, and the top attachment, bottom attachment, left attachment,
and right attachment to "XmATTACH_FORM"; setting the textbox
resources for all file browsers in the dialog windows to an x and y
of 0 pixels and a width of 294 pixels; setting the scrolllist
resources for all of the file browsers in the dialog windows to an
x of 2 pixels, a y of 30 pixels, a visible item count of 8, a width
of 172 pixels, a bottom offset of 42 pixels, a top offset of 32
pixels, and a top attachment and a bottom attachment of
"XmATTACH_FORM"; setting the resources for the current directory
for all of the files in the dialog windows to an x of 0 pixels, a y
of 158 pixels, a recompute size of false, a height of 20 pixels, a
width of 192 pixels, a bottom offset of 20 pixels, and a left
attachment, a right attachment, and a bottom attachment of
"XmATTACHH_FORM"; and setting the resources of the file count for
all of the file browsers in the dialog windows to an x of 0 pixels,
a y of 174 pixels, a recompute size of false, a height of 19
pixels, a width of 192 pixels, and a bottom attachment of
"XmATTACH_FORM."
[0020] The steps for realizing the seventh step above are
determining whether or not the client uses resource files. If so
then setting the environmental variable $FAPIDIR to $EZRIDER, where
$EZRIDER is the current client's directory of normal sized or
enlarged files, running the client executables, and opening the
dialog resource files and button palettes residing in $FAPIDIR.If
not then setting the environmental variable $FAPIDIR to
$FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps, and running the client executables.
[0021] The steps for realizing the eighth step above are
determining whether or not the large display option was chosen. If
so then opening the x resource dialog files residing in
$FMHOME/fininit/usenglish/xresour- ces_ck using X Window Large
Display Resources set in the fourth step above. If not then opening
the X resource dialog files residing in
$FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/xresources using default X Window
Resources. Note that the present invention applies to any language.
If another language is desired then the appropriate language file
would be used in place of "usenglish."
[0022] The steps for establishing a user's personal preferences
when using FrameMaker.RTM. include determining if a callback
notification was received upon the opening of a document;
determining if a callback notification was received upon either a
menu command or a keyboard (KB) shortcut command; determining if a
callback notification was received upon a hypertext message from
the Toolbar. If it is determined that a callback notification was
received then determining whether or not the suffix of the filename
is ".hlp." If so then exiting. If not then determining if the file
is a view only palette. If so then exiting. If not then opening the
file "preferences" in the $HOME directory. If the last step was
performed then do the following steps: reading the zoom percentages
from ".preferences"; converting the zoom value to a real number;
converting the real number to a metric number; dividing the metric
number by 100; setting the zoom property to the result of the last
step; reading the width of the document being worked on by the user
from ".preferences"; converting the width value to an integer
value; setting the width property to the result of the last step;
reading the height of the document being worked on by the user from
".preferences"; converting the height value to an integer value;
setting the height property to the result of the eighteenth step;
and closing the ".preferences" file in the $HOME directory.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0023] FIG. 1 is a chart of the directories and files used in the
present invention;
[0024] FIG. 2 is a flow-chart of the present invention;
[0025] FIG. 3 is a first part of a flow-chart for realizing step 4
of FIG. 2;
[0026] FIG. 4 is a second part of the flow-chart of FIG. 3;
[0027] FIG. 5 is a flow-chart for realizing step 7 of FIG. 2;
[0028] FIG. 6 is a flow-chart for realizing step 8 of FIG. 2;
[0029] FIG. 7 is a flow-chart for establishing a user's personal
preferences; and
[0030] FIGS. 8-10 are charts of large cursors generated by the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0031] The present invention is a method of enhancing the
readability of FrameMaker.RTM. for a visually-impaired user in a
manner that is as efficient to use as an unenhanced version of
FrameMaker.RTM.. The present invention enhances a UNIX version of
FrameMaker.RTM. with X Window System resources, cursor bitmasks,
Application Programming Interface (API) clients, and button
palettes. The present invention enhances a version of
FrameMaker.RTM. that is further enhanced by the API clients of U.S.
Pat. No. 6,070,175 (hereafter referred to as EASYRIDER), reworked
to accommodate a 17 point font size. U.S. Pat. No. 6,070,175 is
hereby incorporated by reference into the specification of the
present invention.
[0032] EASYRIDER includes the following tools: API Client Manager,
Add Rotated Pages, Copy Pages, Custom Right/Left Master Pages,
Paragraph Format Usage Document Report, Hypertext Markers Document
Report, /tmp Directory Warning, Created Table to Chart, Compare is
Paragraph Formats Document Report, Global Hyphenation, Toolbar,
Transfer Document to Server, File Manager, Personal Preferences,
Chart It, Drop Shadow, EASY Sort, Sum Columns, Table Export, Table
Transpose, Redline, Line Count Document Report, Paragraph Format
Document Report, Page Count Book Report, CGM Import Client, UNIX
Compression Import Filter, UNIX Compression Export Client, GZIP
Compression Import Filter, GZIP Compression Export Client, DES
Encryption Import Filter, and DES Encryption Export Client.
[0033] The API Client Manager provides an easy-to-use mechanism to
manage API clients. A dialog box provides the full list of
available clients (i.e. those registered in the $FMHOME
registration file). User can click on button for client description
and move clients between Enable and Disable lists. Manager
automatically builds registration file in user's home directory.
Prior version of registration file is backed-up.
[0034] Add Rotated Pages automatically adds a master page of a
specified orientation (e.g. adds a landscape master page in a
portrait document). Automatically creates the initial page layout
(header, template for body page text frame, and footer) according
to user's specifications. Optionally adds disconnected body pages
using the new master page background.
[0035] Copy Pages automatically copies one, a range, or all body
pages from one document to another or to itself. Handles copying a
body page of different orientation (e.g. copying a landscape body
page into a portrait document). Provides a rich set of options for
applying master page background to the new body page in the
destination document including automatically copying the master
page from the source document. Text frame connections within the
copied pages are retained. Optionally, the first paragraph of each
flow is set to Start Top of Page and connections are made with
frames of enclosing pages.
[0036] Custom Right/Left Master Pages provides the capability for
body pages in a double-sided document to have multiple custom right
and left master pages, with an updating mechanism similar to
FrameMaker.RTM.'s default Right and Left. The client scans all body
pages of the document, detects master page names with the prefix
"Right" and "Left" or "right" and "left" (e.g. Right_Diagram and
Left_Diagram), and applies the appropriate one depending on the
body page being a right or left page. Master and body pages can be
synchronized when the command is executed manually or automatically
upon adding or deleting a page.
[0037] Paragraph Format Usage Document Report analyzes and reports
on paragraph format usage. Upon analyzing the current document, the
client creates a separate document with two tables: one for
paragraph catalog formats and another for non-cataloged formats. A
format that is not used in the document is highlighted in red
(candidate for deletion). If a format is used, the type of page on
which it is used is identified: body, master, reference, and hidden
page. An option provides the capability to automatically remove all
or a subset of unused formats from the document.
[0038] Hypertext Markers Document Report lists page number and
marker text for each hypertext marker in a document. Provides a
detailed explanation for all parsing and validation errors (e.g.
missing argument, unresolved link).
[0039] The /tmp Directory Warning warns the user when a document is
opened into, saved within, or exited from the /tmp directory. For
example, when the user double clicks on an E-mail attachment, the
following warning is displayed:
[0040] Warning: This document has been placed in /tmp. This is
temporary storage that may cause problems with recovering the
document in the future. If you want to keep this document, use
"File menu>Save as" to make a copy in a different directory.
[0041] Create Table to Chart automatically creates a table based on
user data (e.g. number of categories, number of series) and the
type of chart you want to create. The table that is created is used
as a template for data entry, as each table cell identifies the
data that must be added.
[0042] Compare Paragraph Formats Document Report compares two
paragraph formats and lists the properties that are different.
[0043] Global Hyphenation turns hyphenation on or off for all or a
subset of paragraphs and cataloged paragraph formats in a
document.
[0044] EASYRIDER Toolbar includes seven palettes of buttons that
add new functionality as well as provide easier access to existing
commands. New functionality includes: silently print current or all
pages of an opened document (Print dialog box is not displayed but
its settings are used); silently save opened document as Text Only,
Interchange, or PostScript; move graphic object(s) one level up or
down; rotate an object one degree in either direction; create drop
shadow with fixed offset and fill; and buttons to invoke export
clients (UNIX Compression, GZIP Compression, DES Encryption),
Personal Preferences, Chart It, Sum Columns, Global a Hyphenation,
Create Table for Chart It, EASY Sort, Add Rotated Pages, Copy
Pages. The toolbar is customizable.
[0045] Transfer Document to Server silently creates a file in
PostScript, normal, view only, or text only format and transfers it
to a server.
[0046] File Manager allows you to copy, rename, delete, and print a
document without opening it. Print allows you to use another
document's print settings.
[0047] Personal Preferences automatically sets more than 90 session
and document properties in your document. The client can silently
set properties found in $HOME/.preferences or query for name of
preferences file each time. It can apply the properties only when
the Personal Preferences command is manually executed or
automatically upon opening a document.
[0048] Chart It creates data driven graphics tightly integrated in
FrameMaker.RTM.. Features include: a command to create a chart is
executed within FrameMaker.RTM.; eight chart types, two data modes,
and a rich set of options; creating a chart with data from a
FrameMaker.RTM. table, text-only file, or dialog box; easily
formatting chart items with a user-friendly dialog box or custom
style guides; creating charts made up of FrameMaker.RTM. line-drawn
graphics; and easily resizing, editing, enhancing, or recreating
the chart you created.
[0049] Drop Shadow allows the user to create a drop shadow for
selected graphic object(s).
[0050] Easy Sort sorts and collates rows contained in a
FrameMaker.RTM. table. Performs primary and secondary sorts. Sort
modes include alphanumeric, numeric, and month. Sort-fields can be
the entire contents of the cell or substring.
[0051] Sum Columns sums selected cells or entire table. Prints
results in existing or new body row. Can also print results in
existing or new footing row.
[0052] Table Export provides choice of two modes to export a table
to an ASCII file in a format that retains tabular structure.
[0053] Table Transpose transposes a table, i.e. rows become columns
and columns become rows, retains paragraph and character formats,
allows one to transpose heading/footing row(s) as 1st/last
column(s), and handles straddled cells.
[0054] Redline creates workgroup environment, allowing several
editors or reviewers to collaborate on preparing a document,
provides an intuitive mechanism for marking-up a document with
additions, deletions, and "sticky" notes, marks proposed changes
with revised text color, inserted text mark, and revised line mark,
and provides easy mechanism to review, accept, and reject the
proposed changes individually or collectively.
[0055] Line Count Document Report reports the number of lines
(excluding tables) in the document.
[0056] Paragraph Format Document Report creates a single table
listing 56 paragraph format property names and values for the
currently selected paragraph or specified format tag.
[0057] Page Count Book Report reports on the number of pages of a
book by invisibly opening its components.
[0058] CGM Import Client converts and imports a CGM file in a
format that can be edited in a FrameMakerg document.
[0059] UNIX Compression Import Filter is an import filter that
automatically uncompresses a UNIX compressed document upon
opening.
[0060] UNIX Compression Export Client saves a document in UNIX
compressed format.
[0061] GZIP Compression Import Filter is an import filter that
automatically uncompresses a GZIP compressed document upon
opening.
[0062] GZIP Compression Export Client saves a document in GZIP
compressed format.
[0063] DES Encryption Import Filter is an import filter that
automatically decrypts a DES encrypted document upon opening.
[0064] DES Encryption Export Client saves a document in DES
encrypted format.
[0065] The present invention converts a relatively small display
into one containing relatively large menus, large window borders,
large cursors, and large dialog boxes. The present invention
provides maximum discriminability of fonts and cursors whereas
FrameMaker.RTM. that is not enhanced by the present invention
(unenhanced FrameMaker.RTM. provides poor discriminability of fonts
and cursors. The present invention provides high contrast between
key background and text/graphics whereas unenhanced FrameMaker.RTM.
provides low contrast. The present invention automatically
magnifies documents, on-line help, and manuals whereas unenhanced
FrameMaker.RTM. requires manual magnification if at all. The
present invention provides seven individual toolbars collocating
130 common commands which are displayed in large, high contrast
lettering whereas unenhanced FrameMaker.RTM. only provides one
4-page toolbar of 65 commands displayed in low contrast, tiny
graphics. The present invention applies these improvements
automatically whereas unenhanced FrameMaker.RTM. would require a
large number of steps, but only if the user was sophisticated
enough to know the internal workings of FrameMaker.RTM. including
undocumented features. The present invention does not require the
user to be so sophisticated.
[0066] FIG. 1 is a chart of the directories and files used in the
present invention. $HOME is the user's home directory. The file
".maker.large" is an empty file whose existence indicates a user's
desire to employ a large display while using FrameMaker.RTM. . The
file ".preferences" is a file in which are stored values of
properties (e.g., zoom, size) used by the Personal Preferences API
client. The file ".Xdefaults" contains an option that specifies
that Personal Preferences should automatically apply properties
found in the file ".preferences" upon opening a FrameMaker.RTM.
document, on-line help, or manual. The directory "$FMHOME" is a
FrameMaker.RTM. installation directory. The file "finclient" is a
file for starting FrameMaker.RTM. which, upon sensing the existence
of the file ".maker.large", loads X resources residing in the file
"Xres.large" and sets an environmental variable $EZRIDER to the
file "NSAapps.large" to be used in initializing API clients. The
file "Xres.large" is a file of X resources used for changing fonts,
menus, window borders, dialog windows, colors, and cursors. The
directory "NSAapps" is an EASYRIDER installation directory
containing executable binaries and client files for normal, not
large, display of all API clients. The directory "NSAapps.large"
contains enlarged client files (dialog resources, button palettes)
for 14 EASYRIDER API clients. The directory "bitmaps" contains
source and mask bitmap files for enlarged, and normal, cursors. The
file "apiclients" is an API client registration file containing the
pathname of the command within the file "NSAapps" to start a client
and of directory $EZRIDER as the location of client files. The file
"xresources_ck" contains alternate large display dialog resources
used for Chinese and Korean fonts on IBM and HP computers.
[0067] FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the present invention. If the user
desires to work with a version of FrameMaker.RTM. with its
readability enhanced by the present invention then the empty file
".maker.large" must be added to the user's $HOME director. The
first step 1 upon the activation of FrameMaker.RTM. in an X Window
System is determining whether or not the file ".maker.large" exists
in the user's $HOME directory.
[0068] If the file ".maker.large" is in $HOME then the second step
2 is setting an environmental variable $EZRIDER to the pathname of
the directory containing the enlarged EASYRIDER client files (i.e.,
$FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps.large).
[0069] If the file ".maker.large" is not in $HOME then the third
step 3 is setting the environmental variable $EZRIDER to the
pathname of the directory containing the normal, not enlarged,
EASYRIDER client files (i.e., $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps).
[0070] If the second step 2 was performed then the fourth step 4 is
setting the X Window Large Display Resources into RESOURCE_MANAGER
property of the root window of screen 0. The exact steps required
to perform the fourth step 4 are discussed below and disclosed in
FIGS. 3 and 4.
[0071] After either the third step 3 or the fourth step 4, the
fifth step 5 is determining whether or not the X resource
"Maker.api.preferences.aut- oApply" is set to true in
$HOME/.Xdefaults.
[0072] If the X resource "Maker.api.preferences.autoApply" is set
to true then the sixth step 6 is turning on the notification for
FrameMaker.RTM. to contact Personal Preferences after the user
opens any file. The Personal Preferences client is discussed below
and disclosed in FIG. 7. Personal Preferences is an API client from
EASYRIDER which allows a user to automatically set values for
session and document properties in the document that is currently
active. Personal Preferences may be configured to automatically
apply zoom and size settings upon opening a document or creating a
new one. The zoom setting will also automatically enlarge
FrameMaker.RTM. and EASYRIDER view-only on-line help documents and
on-line manuals. These view-only documents are unaffected by width
and height settings but will automatically resize so the window
fits the zoomed page. Zoom, width, and height are just three of a
large number of properties that may be set using Personal
Preferences.
[0073] The seventh step 7 is initializing each EASYRIDER API
clients. The details for executing the seventh step 7 are discussed
below and disclosed in FIG. 5.
[0074] The eighth step 8 is initializing FrameMaker.RTM. product
dialogs. The details for executing the eighth step 8 are discussed
below and disclosed in FIG. 6.
[0075] FIGS. 3 and 4 disclose the steps for performing the fourth
step 4 of FIG. 2 (i.e., setting the X Window Large Display
Resources into RESOURCE_MANAGER property of the root window of
screen 0). The first step 21 of FIGS. 3 and 4 is setting the
resources for the main product window to a button font to 25 point
Helvetica bold, a width of 412 pixels, and a height of 84
pixels.
[0076] The second step 22 is setting the font resources for the
document window status bar and menu bar to a font of 17 point
Helvetica bold.
[0077] The third step 23 is setting the font resources for the
document window pop-up menus to a font of 24 point Helvetica
bold.
[0078] The fourth step 24 is setting the color resources for the
document window so that the foreground and the background are
complementary colors. The use of complementary colors provides the
maximum contract between the foreground and the background. In the
preferred embodiment, the foreground is black and the background is
white.
[0079] The fifth step 25 is setting the color resources of the
document window scroll bars so that the background and the trough
are complementary colors. In the preferred embodiment, the vertical
background and the horizontal background are white while the
vertical trough and the horizontal trough are black.
[0080] The sixth step 26 is setting the resource to make it easier
to read colored text that is highlighted by setting slow
highlighting to true.
[0081] The seventh step 7 is setting the font resource for the
dialog boxes for scroll list items to 17 point Helvetica bold and
all other items to 17 point Helvetica bold.
[0082] The eighth step 28 is setting the resources to make it
easier to distinguish the "ON" setting from the "OFF" setting by
selecting the color red for the "ON" setting.
[0083] The ninth step 29 is setting the color resources to make it
easier to distinguish the "OFF" setting from the "AS IS" setting by
making the top shadow and the bottom shadow complementary colors.
In the preferred embodiment, the top shadow is set to blue while
the bottom shadow is set to red.
[0084] The tenth step 30 is setting the color resources in the main
product window, the menus, the dialogs, and the document window
scroll bars so that the foreground and the background are
complementary colors. In the preferred embodiment, the foreground
is black and the background is white.
[0085] The eleventh step 31 is setting the resources for the
Character Catalog and the Paragraph Catalog to a font of 20 point
Helvetica bold, a width of 272 pixels, and a height of 336
pixels.
[0086] The twelfth step 32 is setting the resources for the Book
window to a font of 24 point Helvetica bold, a width of 600 pixels,
and a height of 450 pixels.
[0087] Continuing on FIG. 4, the thirteenth step is setting
resources for the cursors to a textline of "textline_large", an
arrow of "left_ptr_large", a reshape of "crosshair_large", a dialog
of "left_ptr large", an ibeam of "xterm_large", an ibeaml of
"IbeamLeft_large", an ibeamr of "IbeamRight_large", an ibeam90 of
"Ibeam90_large", a move of "move_large", a rotate of "rotobject
large", a doreshape of "draft_large", a crosshair of
"crosshair_large", and a cellresize of "right_large." The cursor
bitmaps are stored in $FMHOME/fminit/bitmaps except "draft_large"
which is a standard X11 cursor. The contents of these bitmaps are
as follows:
[0088] textline_large
[0089] #define textline_large_width 16
[0090] #define textline_large_height 16
[0091] #define textline_large_x_hot 7
[0092] #define textline_large_y_hot 10
[0093] static unsigned char textline_large_bits[ ]={0x38, 0x0e,
0x60, 0x03, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0,
0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xf8, 0x0f,
0xf8, 0x0f, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0 , 0x01, 0x60, 0x03, 0x38, 0x0e};
[0094] textline_largeMask
[0095] #define textline_largeMask_width 16
[0096] #define textline_largeMask_height 16
[0097] static unsigned char textline_largeMask_bits[ ]={0xfc, 0x1f,
0xf0, 0x07, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0,
0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xfc, 0x1f, 0xfc, 0x1f,
0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xf0, 0x07, 0xfc, 0x1f};
[0098] left_ptr_large
[0099] #define left_ptr_large_width 16
[0100] #define left_ptr_large_height 16
[0101] #define left_ptr_large_x_hot 1
[0102] #define left_ptr_large_y_hot 0
[0103] static unsigned char left_ptr_large_bits[ ]={0x06, 0x00,
0x1e, 0x00, 0x3e, 0x00, 0x76, 0x00, 0xe6, 0x00, 0xc6, 0x01, 0xe6,
0x03, 0x7e, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x00, 0xe6, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01,
0x80, 0x03, 0x80, 0x03, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x07};
[0104] left_ptr_largeMask
[0105] #define left_ptr_largeMask_width 16
[0106] #define left_ptr_largeMask_height 16
[0107] static unsigned char left_ptr_largeMask_bits[ ]={0x0f, 0x00,
0x3f, 0x00, 0x7f, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x01, 0xff, 0x03, 0xff,
0x07, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x01, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03,
0xc0, 0x07, 0xc0, 0x07, 0x80, 0x0f, 0x80, 0x0f};
[0108] crosshair_large
[0109] #define crosshair_large_width 16
[0110] #define crosshair_large_height 16
[0111] #define crosshair_large_x_hot 7
[0112] #define crosshair_large_y_hot 7
[0113] static unsigned char crosshair_large_bits[ ]={0x00, 0x00,
0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0,0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xfe, 0x7f, 0xfe,
0x7f, 0xfe, 0x7f, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01,0xc0,0x01,
0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00};
[0114] crosshair_largeMask
[0115] #define crosshair_largeMask_width 16
[0116] #define crosshair_largeMask_height 16
[0117] static unsigned char crosshair_largeMask_bits[ ]={0xe0,
0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xff, 0xff,
0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0,
0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03};
[0118] xterm_large
[0119] #define xterm_large_width 16
[0120] #define xterm_large_height 16
[0121] #define xterm_large_x_hot 7
[0122] #define xterm_large_y_hot 8
[0123] static unsigned char xterm_large_bits[ ]={0x38, 0x0e, 0x60,
0x03, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0,0x01,
0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0,
0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0x60, 0x03, 0x38, 0x0e};
[0124] xterm_largeMask
[0125] #define xterm_largeMask_width 16
[0126] #define xterm_largeMask_height 16
[0127] static unsigned char xterm_largeMask_bits[ ]{0xfc, 0x1f,
0xf0, 0x07, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0,
0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xe0, 0x03,
0xf0, 0x07, 0xfc, 0x1f};
[0128] IbeamLeft_large
[0129] #define IbeamLeft_large_width 16
[0130] #define IbeamLeft_large_height 16
[0131] #define IbeamLeft_large_x_hot 8
[0132] #define IbeamLeft_large_hot 8
[0133] static unsigned char IbeamLeft_large_bits[ ]={0xe0, 0x00,
0x70, 0x00, 0x30, 0x00, 0x38, 0x00, 0x7e, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xe3,
0x01, 0xc1, 0x03, 0x80, 0x07, 0x00, 0x8f, 0x00, 0xde, 0x00, 0xfc,
0x00, 0x78, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00, 0x1c, 0x00, 0x0e};
[0134] IbeamLeft_largeMask
[0135] #define IbeamLeft_largeMask_width 16
[0136] #define IbeamLeft_largeMask_height 16
[0137] static unsigned char IbeamLeft_largeMask_bits[ ]={0xf0,
0x01, 0xf8, 0x00, 0x78, 0x00, 0x7e, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00, 0xff, 0x01,
0xff, 0x03, 0xe3, 0x07, 0xc0, 0x8f, 0x80, 0xdf, 0x00, 0xff, 0x00,
0xfe, 0x00, 0xfc, 0x00, 0x7c, 0x00, 0x3e, 0x00, 0x1f};
[0138] IbeamRight_large
[0139] #define IbeamRight_large_width 16
[0140] #define IbeamRight_large_height 16
[0141] #define IbeamRight_large_x_hot 7
[0142] #define IbeamRight_large_hot 8
[0143] static unsigned char IbeamRight_large bits[ ]={0x00, 0x07,
0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x0c, 0x00, 0x1c, 0x00, 0x7c, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x00,
0xcf, 0x80, 0x87, 0xc0, 0x03, 0xe1, 0x01, 0xf3, 0x00, 0x7f, 0x00,
0x3e, 0x00, 0x18, 0x00, 0x38, 0x00, 0x70, 0x00};
[0144] IbeamRight_largeMask
[0145] #define IbeamRight_largeMask_width 16
[0146] #define IbeamRight_largeMask_height 16
[0147] static unsigned char IbeamRight_largeMask_bits[ ]={0x00,
0x0f, 0x00, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x1e, 0x00, 0x7e, 0x00, 0xfe, 0x00, 0xff,
0x80, 0xff, 0xc0, 0xcf, 0xe1, 0x87, 0xf3, 0x03, 0xff, 0x01, 0xff,
0x00, 0x7f, 0x00, 0x3e, 0x00, 0x7c, 0x00, 0xf8, 0x00};
[0148] Ibeam90_large
[0149] #define Ibeam90_large_width 16
[0150] #define Ibeam90_large_height 16
[0151] #define Ibeam90_large_x_hot 7
[0152] #define Ibeam90_large_y_hot 7
[0153] static unsigned char Ibeam90_large_bits[ ]{0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x01, 0x80, 0x01, 0x80, 0x03, 0xc0, 0x03, 0xc0, 0xfe, 0x7f,
0xfc, 0x3f, 0xfc, 0x3f, 0xfe, 0x7f, 0x03, 0xc0, 0x03, 0xc0, 0x01,
0x80, 0x01, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
[0154] Ibeam90_largeMask
[0155] #define Ibeam90_largeMask_width 16
[0156] #define Ibeam90_largeMask_height 16
[0157] static unsigned char Ibeam90_largeMask_bits[ ]={0x00, 0x00,
0x01, 0x80, 0x01, 0x80, 0x03, 0xc0, 0x03, 0xc0, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff,
0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x03, 0xc0,
0x03, 0xc0, 0x01, 0x80, 0x01, 0x80, 0x00, 0x00};
[0158] move_large
[0159] #define move_large_width 16
[0160] #define move_large_height 16
[0161] #define move_large_x_hot 3
[0162] #define move_large_y_hot 0
[0163] static unsigned char move_large_bits[ ]={0x18, 0x00, 0x38,
0x00, 0x78, 0x00, 0xf8, 0x00, 0xd8, 0x01, 0x98, 0x03, 0x18, 0x07,
0x98, 0x0f, 0xf8, 0x1, 0xb8, 0x03, 0x98, 0x03, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00,
0x07, 0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x0e, 0x00, 0x1c};
[0164] move large_Mask
[0165] #define move_larg_Mask width 16
[0166] #define move_large_Mask height 16
[0167] static unsigned char move_largeMask bits[ ]={0x3c, 0x00,
0x7c, 0x00, 0xfc, 0x00, 0xfc, 0x01, 0xfc, 0x03, 0xfc, 0x07, 0xfc,
0x0f, 0xfc, 0x1f, 0xfc, 0x03, 0xfc, 0x07, 0x9c, 0x07, 0x00, 0x0f,
0x00, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x1e, 0x00, 0x1e, 0x00, 0x3c};
[0168] rotobject_large
[0169] #define rotobject_large_width 16
[0170] #define rotobject_large_height 16
[0171] #define rotobject_large_x_hot 0
[0172] #define rotobject_large_x_hot 0
[0173] static unsigned char rotobject_large_bits[ ]={0x01, 0x00,
0x03, 0x00, 0x07, 0x00, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x3f, 0xf8, 0x7f,
0xe0, 0x0f0, 0xf0, 0x1b, 0xb9, 0x19, 0x9d, 0x30, 0x0f, 0x30, 0x07,
0x60, 0x1f, 0x60, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x00};
[0174] rotobject_largeMask
[0175] #define rotobject_largeMask_width 16
[0176] #define rotobject_largeMask_height 16
[0177] static unsigned char rotobject_largeMask_bits[ ]={0x07,
0x00, 0x0f, 0x00, 0x1f, 0x00, 0x3f, 0x00, 0x7f, 0xfc, 0xff, 0xfc,
0xff, 0xfc, 0xff, 0xf8, 0xff, 0xfd, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xf8,
0x3f, 0xf0, 0x3f, 0xf0, 0x3f, 0xe0, 0x01, 0xe0, 0x01 };
[0178] right_large
[0179] #define right_large_width 16
[0180] #define right_large_height 16
[0181] #define right_large_x_hot 0
[0182] #define right_large_y_hot 8
[0183] static unsigned char right_large_bits[ ]={0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0x00, 0x60, 0x00, 0x38, 0x00, 0x3e, 0x80, 0x1f, 0xe0, 0x1f,
0xf8, 0x0f, 0xfe, 0x07, 0xf8, 0x0f, 0xe0, 0x1f, 0x80, 0x1f, 0x00,
0x3e, 0x00, 0x38, 0x00, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00};
[0184] right_largeMask
[0185] #define right_largeMask_width 16
[0186] #define right_largeMask_height 16
[0187] static unsigned char right_largeMask_bits[ ]={0x00, 0x00,
0x00, 0xe0, 0x00, 0xf8, 0x00, 0x7e, 0x80, 0x7f, 0xe0, 0x3f, 0xf8,
0x3f, 0xff, 0x1f, 0xff, 0x0f, 0xff, 0x1f, 0xf8, 0x3f, 0xe0, 0x3f,
0x80, 0x7f, 0x00, 0x7e, 0x00, 0xf8, 0x00, 0xe0}.
[0188] Each cursor consists of two files, a source bitmap and a
mask bitmap. The source bitmap contains a spot known as the hot
spot which is the point that indicates the point on which the
cursor clicks when clicked (e.g., the tip of an arrow). Each bitmap
is a 16.times.16 array of pixels whose values are 0 or 1. For
pixels where the mask is 0, the image displays nothing, producing a
transparent effect. For other pixels, the image displays black if
the source data is 1 and white if the source data is 0. FIGS. 8-10
show the cursors resulting from the bitmaps above.
[0189] The fourteenth step 34 listed in FIG. 4 is setting the
resources for using alternate dialogs to a directory suffix of
"_ck" and a name prefix of "fmck_. " The alternate dialogs at this
location were originally created for FrameMaker.RTM. to handle the
larger fonts of the Chinese and Korean languages. The present
invention applies these alternate dialogs for use with any
language.
[0190] The fifteenth step 35 is setting size resources for the
Large Tools window by setting the minimum and maximum height to 441
pixels and the minimum and maximum width to 430 pixels.
[0191] The sixteenth step 36 is setting the size resource for the
Small Tool palette to a minimum height of 72 pixels.
[0192] The seventeenth step 37 is setting general resources for all
file browsers in the dialog windows to a height and width of 200
pixels, a margin height and width of 0 pixels, and the top
attachment, bottom attachment, left attachment, and right
attachment to "XmATTACH_FORM." The eighteenth step 38 is setting
the textbox resources for all file browsers in the dialog windows
to an x and y of 0 pixels and a width of 294 pixels.
[0193] The nineteenth step 39 is setting the scrolllist resources
for all of the file browsers in the dialog windows to an x of 2
pixels, a y of 30 pixels, a visible item count of 8, a width of 172
pixels, a bottom offset of 42 pixels, a top offset of 32 pixels,
and a top attachment and a bottom attachment of
"XmATTACH_FORM."
[0194] The twentieth step 40 is setting the resources for the
current directory for all of the file browsers in the dialog
windows to an x of 0 pixels, a y of 158 pixels, a recompute size of
false, a height of 20 pixels, a width of 192 pixels, a bottom
offset of 20 pixels, and a left attachment, a right attachment, and
a bottom attachment of "XmATTACH_FORM."
[0195] The twenty-first, and last, step 41 is setting the resources
of the file count for all of the file browsers in the dialog
windows to an x of 0 pixels, a y of 174 pixels, a recompute size of
false, a height of 19 pixels, a width of 192 pixels, and a bottom
attachment of "XmATTACH_FORM."
[0196] The code that implements the steps listed in FIGS. 3 and 4
may be as follows.
[0197] ! font sizes available for
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal
[0198] ! determined by running the command "xlsfonts.vertline.grep
8859.vertline.more"
[0199] ! 8 10 11 12 14 17 18 20 24 25 34 available
[0200] ! Main product window
[0201] ! Buttons (default: 14)
[0202] Maker.makerkit.form*.fontList:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--25-*- -iso8859-1
[0203] ! Size and coordinates WidthxHeight+X+Y (default:
322x66+780+0)
[0204] Maker.makerkit.geometry: 412x84+0+0
[0205] ! Document window
[0206] ! Upon opening, API client Personal Preferences
automatically zooms and resizes
[0207] ! Enable the API client by selecting File>Utilites>API
Client Manager
[0208] ! and add the following lines to the text-only file
$HOME/.preferences:
[0209] ! Zoom MetricT 150
[0210] ! ScreenWidth IntT 963
[0211] ! ScreenHeight IntT 780
[0212] ! Automatically apply properties in $HOME/.preferences upon
opening
[0213] ! If set to False, can manually apply properties by
executing
[0214] ! File>Personal Preferences
[0215] ! Maker.api.preferences.autoApply: True
[0216] ! Items in the status bar and menu bar (default: 12)
[0217] ! Maker*dockit*fontList:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--17-*-iso88- 59-1
[0218] ! Items in pop-up menus (default: 12)
[0219] ! Maker*XmMenuShell*fontList:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--24-*-- iso8859-1
1 ! Foreground color Maker*winRect.foreground: black ! Background
color Maker*winRect background: white ! Color of scroll bars
Maker*vertSB.background: white Maker*vertSB.troughColor: black
Maker*horizSB.background: white Maker*horizSB.troughColor:
black
[0220] ! To make it easier to read colored text that is
highlighted
[0221] Maker.slowHighlightingForColor: True
[0222] ! Dialog boxes
[0223] ! Font for scroll list items (default: 10)
[0224] Maker*XmDialogShell*XmList*fontList:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal- --17-*-iso8859-1
[0225] ! Font for all other items (default: 12)
[0226] Maker*XmDialogShell*fontList:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--17-*-- iso8859-1
[0227] ! If a dialog menu contains more than the specified number
of items,
[0228] ! the FrameMaker.RTM. product will pop up a scrolling list
instead (default: 140)
2 Maker.maxItemsInAMenu: 140 ! Width of menus (default: 250)
Maker.menuListWidth: 250 ! Height of menus (default: 864)
Maker.menuListHeight: 864 ! To make it easier to distinguish On
from Off settings Maker*selectColor: red ! To make it easier to
distinguish Off from As Is settings ! #0000FF: blue; #FF0000 red
(#RRGGBB) Maker*topShadowColor: #0000FF Maker*bottomShadowColor:
#FF0000 ! Colors in the main product window, menus, dialogs, and
document window scroll bars ! Foreground color (default: black)
Maker* foreground: black ! Background color (default: lightgray)
Maker*background: white ! Character Catalog ! Font for scroll list
items and Delete button (default: 10)
Maker.cCatalog.form.*.fontList: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--
-20-*-iso8859-1 ! Width (default: 136) Maker.cCatalog.form.width:
272 ! Height (default: 168) Maker.cCatalog.form.height: 336 !
Paragraph Catalog ! Font for list items and Delete button (default:
10) Maker.pCatalog.form.*.fontList:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--20- -*-iso8859-1 ! Width (default:
136) Maker.pCatalog.form.widt- h: 272 ! Height (default: 168)
Maker.pCatalog.form.height: 336 ! Book window ! Font for menus,
command names, scroll list items, and status messages (default: 12)
Maker.bookkit*fontList: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--24-*-iso88-
59-1 ! Newly created book window width (default: 300)
Maker.bookkit.form.width: 600 ! Newly created book window height
(default: 225) Maker.bookkit.form.height: 450 ! hand-made large
cursor bitmaps stored in $FMHOME/fminit/bitmaps ! except for
draft_large which a standard X11 cursor ! each has a bitmap for
cursor mask named cursornameMask (e.g. textline_largeMask) !
Maker.Cursor.textline: textlinelarge ! Maker.Cursor.textline:
textline_large Maker.Cursor.arrow: left_ptr_large
Maker.Cursor.reshape: crosshair_large Maker.Cursor.dialog:
left_ptr_large Maker.Cursor.ibeam: xterm_large Maker.Cursor.ibeaml:
IbeamLeft_large Maker.Cursor.ibeamr: IbeamRight_large
Maker.Cursor.ibeam90: Ibeam90_large Maker.Cursor.move: move_large
Maker.Cursor.rotate: rotobject_large Maker.Cursor.doreshape:
draft_large Maker.Cursor.crosshair: crosshair_large
Maker.Cursor.cellsresize: right_large ! Do not make changes from
here to the end ! Settings to use alternate xresources_ck dialogs !
Maker.xresDirSuffix: _ck Maker.xresNamePrefix: fmck_ ! Display
Tools Palette: Maker.initialToolsPaletteSize: Large ! Large Tools
window coordinates and size: Maker.tools.maxHeight: 441
Maker.tools.maxWidth: 430 Maker.tools.minHeight: 441
Maker.tools.minWidth: 430 ! Size of Small Tools Palette (default:
52): Maker.smtools.minWidth: 72 ! For all of the File Browsers in
Dialog Windows Maker.*.filebrowser.width: 200
Maker.*.filebrowser.height: 200 Maker.*.filebrowser.marginWidth: 0
Maker.*.filebrowser.marginHeight: 0 Maker.*.filebrowser.tex-
tbox.x: 0 Maker.*.filebrowser.textbox.y: 0
Maker.*.filebrowser.textbox.width: 294 Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolll-
ist.x: 2 Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolllist.y: 30
Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolllist.listb.visibleItemCount: 8
Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolllist.listb.Width: 172
Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.x: 0 Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.y: 158
Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.labelString:
Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.recomputeSize: False
Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.height: 20 !Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.-
width: 192 Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.leftAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.rightAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.filecnt.x: 0 Maker.*.filebrowser.filecnt.y: 174
Maker.*.filebrowser.filecnt.labelString: 1 Directory, 2 Files
Maker.*.filebrowser.filecnt.recomputeSize: False
Maker.*.filebrowser.filecnt.height: 19 Maker.*.filebrowser.filecnt-
.width: 192 Maker.*.filebrowser.topAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.bottomAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser*leftAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.*.rightAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolllist.bottomAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolllist.topAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.bottomAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.filecnt.bottomAttachment: XmATTACH_FORM
Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolllist.bottomOffSet 42
Maker.*.filebrowser.scrolllist.topOffSet: 32
Maker.*.filebrowser.curdir.bottomOffSet: 20
[0229] The steps for realizing the seventh step 7 of FIG. 2 are
listed in FIG. 5. The first step is determining whether or not the
client uses resource files.
[0230] If it is determined in the first step 51 that the client
uses resource files then the second step 52 is setting the
environmental variable $FAPIDIR to $EZRIDER, where $EZRIDER is the
current client's directory of normal sized or enlarged files.
[0231] If the second step 52 is conducted then the third step 53 is
running the client executables.
[0232] If the third step 53 is executed then the fourth step 54 is
opening the dialog resource files and button palettes residing in
$FAPIDIR.
[0233] If it is determined in the first step 51 that the client
does not use resource files then the fifth step is setting the
environmental variable $FAPIDIR to $FMHOME/fdk/NSAapps.
[0234] If the fifth step 51 is executed then the sixth step 56 is
running the client executables.
[0235] The steps for realizing the eighth step 8 of FIG. 2 are
listed in FIG. 6. The first step 61 is determining whether or not
the large display option was chosen.
[0236] If the large display option was chosen then the second step
62 is opening the X resource dialog files residing in
$FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/- xresources_ck using X Window Large
Display Resources. If another language is desired then the file for
the desired language is used in place of the file "usenglish."
[0237] If the large display option was not chosen then the third
step 63 is opening the x resource dialog files residing in
$FMHOME/fminit/usenglish/xresources using default X Window
Resources.
[0238] FIG. 7 lists the steps for establishing the user's personal
preferences when using FrameMaker.RTM.. The first step 71 is
determining if a callback notification was received upon the
opening of a document.
[0239] The second step 72 is determining if a callback notification
was received upon either a menu command or a keyboard (KB) shortcut
command.
[0240] The third step 73 is determining if a callback notification
was received upon a hypertext message from the Toolbar.
[0241] If it is determined that a callback notification was
received in either the first step 71, the second step 72, or the
third step 73 then the fourth step 74 is determining whether or not
the suffix of the filename is ".hlp."
[0242] If it is determined in the fourth step 74 that the suffix
filename is ".hlp" then the fifth step 75 is exiting.
[0243] If it is determined in the fourth step 74 that the suffix
file name is not ".hlp" then the sixth step 76 is determining if
the file is a view only palette.
[0244] If it is determined in the sixth step 76 that the file is a
view only palette then the seventh step 77 is exiting.
[0245] If it is determined in the sixth step 76 that the file is
not a view only palette then the eighth step 78 is opening the file
".preferences" in the $HOME directory.
[0246] If the eighth step 78 was performed then the ninth step 79
is reading the zoom percentages from ".preferences."
[0247] If the ninth step 79 was performed then the tenth step 80 is
converting the zoom value to a real number.
[0248] If the tenth step 80 is performed then the eleventh step 81
is converting the real number to a metric number.
[0249] If the eleventh step 81 is performed then the twelfth step
82 is dividing the metric number by 100.
[0250] If the twelfth step 82 is performed then the thirteenth step
83 is setting the zoom property to the result of the twelfth step
82.
[0251] If the thirteenth step 83 is performed then the fourteenth
step 84 is reading the width of the document being worked on by the
user from ".preferences."
[0252] If the fourteenth step 84 was performed then the fifteenth
step 85 is converting the width value to an integer value.
[0253] If the fifteenth step 85 was performed then the sixteenth
step 86 is setting the width property to the result of the
fifteenth step 85.
[0254] If the sixteenth step 86 was performed then the seventeenth
step 87 is reading the height of the document being worked on by
the user from ".preferences."
[0255] If the seventeenth step 87 was performed then the eighteenth
step 88 is converting the height value to an integer value.
[0256] If the eighteenth step 88 was performed then the nineteenth
step 89 is setting the height property to the result of the
eighteenth step 88.
[0257] If the nineteenth step 89 was performed then the twentieth,
and last, step 90 is closing the "preferences" file in the $HOME
directory.
[0258] What is claimed is:
* * * * *